The Dillon tribune., 1887-08-12

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Tor tine OF the western Confederate ar,uv bn,
wrs relieved from duty in consequence. uf f.f.sts
! received at tl, ha nds Of Gen. Thon.a; lie then
rtrc! to private life and to poverty lie died il,
li'9 leaving large family ef deperdt:t children.
who were generously provided for b.: the citizens
| OF ta' south and elsewhere.
AT 3o'clock that ,crv morning. C;e, E,,,
ford, securing abou. witt, bis cayu,ry. saw
moving 'clouds OF dust" from 'lc direction
OF Gainesville and Thoroug,fa.c Gar. Long
street. with :0,0O0 men, was already there.
thirty.six hours before he va; cxrcctel As
Tor 11ongstreeet, he heard before hc reached
Gainesville the noise OF tho battle tia, had
already begun between Sigcls corps and
jackson, ard then, he says. "tiic march was
gu'rkened to the extent Of cur ,apacity.-
By ll:'D o'clock LoEgstrec.':: ii:.c of hattie
ut Grovcton was complete.
GooHs batteries were ORDERED. into Dosi,i ion
on Ito Har1enton turnpike imre,iia,civ o,
their arrival. .
L. ,r>t:'eet AIT! Jackson formed their line
Of L"'. y iii tho shape of q hluut Y 1T Grove
ton Oil tue .9:h Jackson was on I'm, ,.i,,,t
arm 'f it, Longstrcct on the left. The disnn.
sn.',, s,s!on "Ir very advantageous one. Lee
=, Pop had ordered Mcdowell and Ety ,Jon,,
Porter to move forward toward t;a;,,rsv;lL.
on tho morning Of the 29th They v.,,. M
BethleEcn church, two ,ai!,s away ,y,..
Ooweii, berg tho senior officer, tool: on i;iin
1en n. tue execution OF the joint order lie gave
field ' va ~ ''e ''a''ie'
At tAis point begins the controversy ,vho,
!ed 70 the historic and intcrmi.lalle Fitz Jnhn
Porter case. Mcdowell understood his order
rood 70 a'e, ,y!,a s!at iner should take certain
were see:, advancing Tho words 'w",n.
lyon put ycur force in here, p,.tc,. ,ast;'
neu tlat tc understood the order Ia l,a thot
he should stay where llc was '""'
Tue pattle OF G!ovcton waxc,l hotter and
hotter. Pope was still ignorant or III. arr;vni ,i
of l'onsstrect in tho afternoon. Eui n, i.$a .ai
ne sei'i all order to Fitz John Porter to come
up and so into act:cn. Porter received Il t,.s,
hours afterward. He did not obey it. liz
considered that lie &C ull rot move his criil.
~; Say una Ihat; besides, there We're too many
Cohtcieiates about there to risk it. His sow.
teacc TO: diso5ediencc and the sul.scuurnt
prorN''Hcss III reference to it are fu,n;,inr -
I'LL newspaper readers. ~
AZ" O'Clock in tho afternoon Of In, octb
ncvurse'! some Of the most barbarcus iigntinr
Hookers division, charged on III, ,,n,,r.;o. W.
atc lett. commanded by a. T. Hill I. w,s,
desperate charge. with baronrt and r,p,;,oI
,,no>Icf, against TIE Confederate. ranks ,hrn,
!illtS ,r"i' After terocous lighting Grover
""n .t'rk. lha ammunition gave out
s,olrS ii": piles that lay about t., be- u.i., nn
thr ra,lE";s': and hurled thom AGAINST ,h.i,.
!"e. "t:';: ,he Union dead .rcrr u.rrrw,rj |
fa,ne'" ~ ! co:.s!serahlr num~r were |
1o'ii" VIZ. 'hfir skulls broke,
At other POINTS all over. the ,,.,d ,h. ,.,,,
test Was equally bloody, >'' .o'''
~, he Iatt!e OILY ceased at 8 o'clock ot pi,b+ |
NC armies slept upon the fold. Pope be.
leved he Ind defeated the Ccnfelerates. Il
was a mistake, MS tho next day proved.
OR SECOND GULL RUN
on Saturday, Aug 50, was fought tho
'loody battle which the Felera!s call tho se,,.
md battle Of Bull Rum Tho Confederate.
'amed it Manassas. "As they won it. per
'aps, they havc tho best right to rive # :,
lame, writes Mr. John Goldman Ho,es
'N' '"o o""" CT tho SOth was k,!led Fletcher
&> Webster, colcnel II
s:SA the Twelfth Massa.
NM ch'lsettS regiment,
rANM and only surviving
- ~ WN child Of Daniel Web.
~ ~ 6Sk sser. He vas shot
lTA>> SsS1E through the lungs at
LzSNA ~ the head Of bis rrgi.
H2RXM Heut and died in
:&1IEAX - lew hours His death
skANHNSLA was greatly lament.
"S.sWkA ~" Il. had head
*SSSS1sASssSNgA many responsible
~ aaes government offices
.s~,z: a1:.nG his life. He
.,, '&..< was ity r0rs oldwhen
ioA- n FLETCHER WEBSTER. hc IVES killed.
by the morning of Aug. so the last Of 1co..
orccs had come no H., NOW no., ..n nnn